String Lifter

String Lifter

$4.99

String Lifter

About This Item

Speeds nut slotting jobs! This simple little tool will save you a lot of time when you're filing a nut slot.

Just slip it under the string in front of the nut, and quickly lever the string up and out of your way. There's no need to loosen the string, and you can quickly reseat it to check the slot depth frequently as you work, without tedious retunings.

The String Lifter fits any string up to .062". Our thanks to luthier Rolfe Gerhardt for this clever idea.

Customer Reviews

Great little tool

This little tool does an amazing job of moving strings that are at tension in oder to do nut filing or local fret work. The only thing to be aware of is that it will leave marks on the fretboard if you dont have something under it. It moves smoothly and saves my fingers from bearing the tension that in some cases has to be detuned and retuned after each step. It is a small tool so buy a couple in case you are like me and forget where I set it down, or have lots off tools in play at once......and who doesn't.

Unnecessary Tool

A good idea tool that I won't use much because it put small dents in my cheap(ish) guitar's fretboard. So now instead I hook my finger under the string, slide it up to the nut, and move the string over. Shazaam.

Have used this tool for years

I'm a professional guitar tech for several large acts. I use this tool on the road to lift strings and add lubricant underneath, on top the nut slots for artists instruments that require this step, while the string is still under pitch tension. Makes that task super quick, and safe for possible slipping of strings 1 & 6 that can, if not careful, can fall off the sides and scar the finish of the frontal headstock heel. Additionally, the nylon used to make this tool is strong, cut correctly at the proper angle, and has never failed in five years, hundreds on shows. An A + tool in my book, and cannot do without.

Brilliant tool...

Ordered this to try it out and now wouldn't be without it! If you need to fill in low nut slots this tool let's you pull the string up whilst still in tune and rest it on an adjacent nut slot while you fill-in to re-cut later, or while you file for a lower/cleaner slot. Saves me lots of wasted time, what a great little tool. I keep mine with my set of SM Nutfiles so I never lose it. Recommended for all setups/repairs.

String lifter

This is a handy little tool which I use a lot when I'm cutting nut slots. Needs a little care though as it can mark the fret-board. I like to pull it up by the handle rather than lever it, that way I prevent any scuffing.